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Supreme Court· 1/9/1989

Williams v. Ward

Citations

  • 488 U.S. 1020
  • 109 S. Ct. 818

How courts have described this case

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  • finding procedure that sanctioned seventy-two hour delay between arrest and judicial determination of probable cause permissible under Gerstein
  • no error in charge that jury must find \that a mitigating circumstance exists if there is any substantial evidence to support it.\
  • upholding a seventy-two hour pre-arraignment detention period

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Judges: Brennan, Certiorari

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